Minstrel Man
“Minstrel Man” Many of Langston Hughes poems contain references to laughter. “Minstrel Man” is one of the more obvious poems that deal with the complex meaning of laughter. ... In “Minstrel Man”, Hughes expressed the inner emotions of the stereotyped, well-behaved Negro’s, which white America thought it knew so well. ... “Minstrel Man” deals with the more complex meaning of laughter that the white audience looks past. ... Another poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar, writes in his poem entitled “We Wear the Mask”; about how he also hides his pain with laughter and the poem is very similar to “Minstrel Man”.